JP2005316655A - Specimen management system, method and program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a specimen management system capable of realizing association between the mother's body and a specimen such as umbilical cord blood with high reliability. <P>SOLUTION: The specimen management system has an umbilical cord blood management device 20 coding umbilical cord blood information including time information concerning predetermined processing of umbilical cord blood to manage the umbilical cord blood; an umbilical cord blood collecting bag 30 for storing the umbilical cord blood; a document 40 on which predetermined processing information on the umbilical cord blood is stated; and a mother's body blood collecting container 50 for storing mother's body blood. The umbilical cord blood management device 20 comprises a personal computer body 20a, a keyboard 20b, a liquid crystal display 20c, a printer 20d for printing two-dimensional labels including two-dimensional bar codes and stuck to an umbilical cord blood container storing the umbilical cord blood and to the document stating the predetermined processing information on the umbilical cord blood, and a bar code reader 20e for reading the two-dimensional bar codes. Association between the mother's body and the specimen such as the umbilical cord blood can thereby be realized with high reliability. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a specimen management system, method, program, and storage medium for managing specimens such as umbilical cord blood, stem cells, and maternal blood.

Conventionally, this type of sample management system stores information relating to a user registered in advance and information relating to the umbilical cord blood of the registered user collected and stored at the time of birth at the request of the registered user name. Information storage means and storage information specifying means for specifying and outputting information on the umbilical cord blood, and the storage information specifying means is the registered user himself / herself who is attached to the storage when requested by the registered user The cord blood can be effectively utilized by specifying and outputting information on the cord blood (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-141264 (page 6-11, FIG. 1)

  However, in such a conventional specimen management system, a person in charge of umbilical cord blood is configured to individually input and confirm information on umbilical cord blood, and thus there is a possibility that the correspondence between the mother and the umbilical cord blood cannot be taken. There is a problem that the sample management with high reliability cannot be performed.

  In addition, since the conventional sample management system does not manage time information related to predetermined processing of umbilical cord blood, for example, there is a problem that it is impossible to accurately grasp the time when umbilical cord blood is collected from the mother. .

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and can associate the mother body with a specimen such as umbilical cord blood with high reliability, and time information relating to a predetermined processing of the specimen. The sample management system which can grasp | ascertain is provided.

  The umbilical cord blood management system according to the present invention includes a sample storage unit that stores a sample, a processing information description unit that describes predetermined processing information of the sample, and a sample management device that manages the sample, and the sample storage unit And the processing information description means includes a barcode in which the specimen information including time information related to the predetermined processing of the specimen is encoded, the specimen management device includes the specimen information input means for inputting the specimen information, A label printing unit that prints a label including a barcode and a label information reading unit that reads the barcode of the label are provided.

  With this configuration, the label information reading unit reads the barcode of the label affixed to the container in which the sample is stored and the related document, and therefore, the association between the mother and the sample can be realized with high reliability. It is possible to grasp time information related to the predetermined processing.

  The umbilical cord blood management system of the present invention has a configuration characterized in that the label information reading means reads the barcode of the label attached to a storage means for storing the processing information description means. Yes.

  With this configuration, the label information reading unit reads the barcode of the label attached to the file for filing documents and the like, so that each document associated with the sample can be reliably filed.

  Furthermore, the cord blood management system of the present invention has a configuration characterized in that the barcode is a two-dimensional barcode.

  With this configuration, the two-dimensional barcode can be expressed by encoding information in the vertical and horizontal two-dimensional directions, so that the specimen information can be displayed in a small space even when the amount of specimen information is large. it can.

  The umbilical cord blood management method of the present invention includes a sample storage means for storing a sample on which sample information including time information related to a predetermined process of the sample is displayed in a two-dimensional barcode, and predetermined processing information of the sample Is attached to the processing information description means described above, and the specimen information is managed by the two-dimensional barcode.

  With this method, the two-dimensional barcode displaying the sample information including the time information related to the predetermined processing of the sample can realize the association between the mother and the sample with high reliability. Such time information can be grasped.

  The umbilical cord blood management program according to the present invention includes an encoding step of encoding sample information including time information related to a predetermined processing of a sample into a code of a two-dimensional barcode, and printing for printing a label including the two-dimensional barcode. A program that causes a computer to execute a step and a reading step of reading information of the two-dimensional barcode.

  By this program, the computer can realize the association between the mother and the sample with high reliability by the two-dimensional barcode displaying the sample information including the time information related to the predetermined processing of the sample. It is possible to grasp time information related to the process.

  The storage medium of the present invention includes an encoding step for encoding sample information including time information related to predetermined processing of a sample into a two-dimensional barcode code, and a printing step for printing a label including the two-dimensional barcode. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a reading step of reading information of the two-dimensional barcode.

  With this storage medium, the computer can realize the association between the mother and the sample with high reliability by the two-dimensional barcode displaying the sample information including the time information related to the predetermined processing of the sample. Time information related to the predetermined process can be grasped.

  The present invention provides label information reading means for attaching a label having a barcode displaying sample information including time information related to a predetermined processing of the sample to a container for storing the sample and related documents, and reading the barcode on the label. Thus, it is possible to provide a sample management system having an effect that the association between the mother and the sample can be realized with high reliability and the time information related to the predetermined processing of the sample can be grasped. It is.

  First, the configuration of the sample management system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The specimen refers to umbilical cord blood, stem cells, maternal blood and the like collected from the mother. Hereinafter, an example in which the sample management system according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to an umbilical cord blood management system that manages umbilical cord blood in an umbilical cord blood collection facility, for example, a maternity hospital, will be described. Umbilical cord blood refers to blood contained in the umbilical cord and placenta that connect the mother and the fetus. Umbilical cord blood contains hematopoietic stem cells that produce red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and the like, and this umbilical cord blood is transplanted into, for example, leukemia patients and used for treatment to restore the hematopoietic function.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the umbilical cord blood management system 10 according to the present embodiment encodes umbilical cord blood information including time information related to predetermined processing of umbilical cord blood, and manages the umbilical cord blood, An umbilical cord blood collection bag 30 for accommodating umbilical cord blood, n documents 40 (an) on which predetermined processing information of umbilical cord blood is described, and n maternal blood collection containers 50 (a To n).

  Here, the time information related to the predetermined processing of the cord blood is, for example, the date, time, required time, etc. when the cord blood collection processing, the cord blood inspection processing, the cord blood shipment processing, etc. were performed in the hospital Say. The umbilical cord blood information includes a collection facility where umbilical cord blood is collected, a mother's name, a specimen management number for managing umbilical cord blood, and the like. Also, the two-dimensional barcode is expressed by encoding information in the vertical and horizontal two-dimensional directions, and has time information including time information when the cord blood is collected, cord blood information, and the like. Yes.

  The umbilical cord blood management device 20 includes a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) 20a having a CPU, a memory, a storage device, and the like (not shown), a keyboard 20b for inputting umbilical cord blood information, and a liquid crystal display 20c for displaying umbilical cord blood information. A printer 20d that prints a label (hereinafter referred to as a two-dimensional label) that includes a two-dimensional barcode affixed to a document in which a cord blood container that contains the cord blood and predetermined processing information of the cord blood is described; The barcode reader 20e reads the two-dimensional barcode displayed on the two-dimensional label. The personal computer main body 20a encodes cord blood information input from the keyboard 20b into a two-dimensional barcode code, and stores the encoded data in a storage device.

  The printer 20d has a printing resolution capable of printing a two-dimensional barcode, and prints a two-dimensional label including the two-dimensional barcode and a predetermined document based on a signal from the personal computer body 20a. .

  The barcode reader 20e includes a light source that projects light onto a two-dimensional barcode, a light receiving sensor that detects a difference in brightness of the two-dimensional barcode projected by the light source, a CPU, an interface, and the like.

  The umbilical cord blood collection bag 30 includes a blood collection bag 30a made of, for example, vinyl chloride, and a sheet 30b attached to the blood collection bag 30a. Umbilical cord blood is injected into the blood collection bag 30a. A two-dimensional label 60 on which a two-dimensional barcode 60a is displayed is affixed to the sheet 30b. Further, the sheet 30b has an entry field 30c in which doctors, nurses and the like enter predetermined information.

  Each document 40 has a two-dimensional label 60 on which a two-dimensional barcode 60a is displayed. Specifically, the document 40 is an umbilical cord blood donation consent form, a maternal family history survey, a questionnaire, a delivery record, a child health status survey, and the like.

  The maternal blood collection container 50 is made of, for example, plastic. Each of the maternal blood collection containers 50 stores the maternal blood of the mother from which the umbilical cord blood is collected, and a two-dimensional barcode 60a is displayed. A label 60 is affixed.

  Here, the two-dimensional label 60 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 2, the two-dimensional label 60 includes a two-dimensional barcode 60a, a specimen management number 60b for managing umbilical cord blood, a collection facility name 60c from which umbilical cord blood has been collected, and a name 60d of a mother from whom umbilical cord blood has been collected. It consists of

  The sample management number 60b is composed of, for example, a combination of a hospital code from which umbilical cord blood has been collected, a symbol of the issue date of the two-dimensional label 60, and a serial number of the issue month of the two-dimensional label 60. As a specific example, the code of the hospital from which the cord blood was collected is “03”, and the issue date of the two-dimensional label 60 is October 2003, the serial number of the two-dimensional label 60 in October is “015”. The sample management number 60b is determined as “03200310015”.

  The two-dimensional barcode 60a includes information in which a specimen management number 60b, a collection facility name 60c, a mother's name 60d, time information related to a predetermined processing of the specimen, and the like are encoded. Therefore, by referring to the time information, for example, the time at which the cord blood is collected can be confirmed.

  Next, operation | movement of the umbilical cord blood management system 10 of this Embodiment is demonstrated.

  First, umbilical cord blood information management software is activated by the personal computer main body 20a, an umbilical cord blood information input screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 20c, and umbilical cord blood information is input by the keyboard 20b. The inputted cord blood information is stored in the storage device of the personal computer main body 20a.

  Subsequently, the cord blood information stored in the storage device is encoded into a two-dimensional barcode code by a predetermined operation of the keyboard 20b, and the two-dimensional label 60 is printed by the printer 20d. The two-dimensional label 60 is affixed to the blood collection bag 30a, the document 40, and the maternal blood collection container 50. Next, the blood collection bag 30a, the document 40, and the maternal blood collection container 50 are stored in a predetermined storage location until delivery.

  During childbirth, the blood collection bag 30a, the document 40, and the maternal blood collection container 50 are removed from the storage location, and the two-dimensional barcode 60a is read and verified by the barcode reader 20e to confirm the cord blood information. .

  Subsequently, umbilical cord blood is collected in a blood collection bag 30a, and maternal blood is collected in a maternal blood collection container 50. Here, after the cord blood information to which the cord blood collection date and time, the collection time (before and after placenta delivery), the name of the sampler, and the like are added is input by the keyboard 20b, the two-dimensional label including the cord blood information is input by the printer 20d. 61 (not shown) is printed. The two-dimensional label 61 is attached in place of or in addition to the two-dimensional label 60 attached in advance to the blood collection bag 30a, the document 40, and the maternal blood collection container 50. In addition, you may comprise so that the two-dimensional label 61 may be affixed after cord blood information including the cord blood blood collection date and time, a collection time, a collector name, etc. is written in the entry column 30c by hand.

  Information on the delivery record is described in the document 40, and the umbilical cord blood collection bag 30, the document 40, and the maternal blood collection container 50 are shipped to an umbilical cord blood bank for storing the umbilical cord blood, an examination facility for examining the umbilical cord blood, and the like. . At the time of shipment, the cord blood information of the two-dimensional barcode of the two-dimensional label 60 or the two-dimensional label 61 affixed to the cord blood collection bag 30, the document 40, and the maternal blood collection container 50 is read by the barcode reader 20e and collated. be able to.

  For example, when examining cord blood in a maternity hospital, information on the date and time of the examination can be included in the two-dimensional barcode.

  Further, when storing a copy of the document 40, the two-dimensional label 61 can be attached to a file (accommodating means) for filing the copy of the document 40 to manage cord blood information. In addition, a two-dimensional label including a two-dimensional barcode encoded with the shipping date and time may be newly created and pasted on the above-described file for management.

  Also, an encoding step for encoding umbilical cord blood information including date and time information such as collection, examination, and shipment of cord blood into a two-dimensional barcode code, a printing step for printing a label including the two-dimensional barcode, and 2 Management of cord blood including time information can be realized by storing a program including a reading step for reading information of a dimensional barcode in a storage medium and causing the personal computer main body 20a to execute the program.

  As described above, according to the umbilical cord blood management system 10 of the present embodiment, the barcode reader 20e reads the barcode on the label affixed to the container in which the umbilical cord blood is stored and the related documents. Correlation with blood can be realized with high reliability, and time information related to predetermined processing of cord blood can be grasped.

  In the above description, the sample management system according to the embodiment of the present invention is described as an example applied to an umbilical cord blood management system that manages umbilical cord blood. However, the present invention is not limited to umbilical cord blood. The same can be applied to maternal blood and the like.

  Further, the personal computer main body 20a may be connected to a network in the cord blood collection facility or the Internet so that cord blood information can be exchanged.

  As described above, the sample management system according to the present invention can realize the association between the mother and the sample with high reliability, and can obtain the time information related to the predetermined processing of the sample. It is useful as a specimen management system for managing specimens such as cord blood, stem cells, and maternal blood.

Block diagram of the cord blood management system of the embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows an example of the two-dimensional label of embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

10 Umbilical cord blood management system (specimen management system)
20 Umbilical cord blood management device 20a Personal computer body 20b Keyboard (specimen information input means)
20c liquid crystal display 21 printer (label printing means)
22 Bar code reader (label information reading means)
30 Cord blood collection bag (specimen storage means)
30a Blood collection bag (specimen accommodation means)
30b sheet 30c entry field 40 (an) document (processing information description means)
50 (an) maternal blood collection container (specimen accommodation means)
60 Two-dimensional label 60a Two-dimensional barcode 60b Sample control number 60c Collection facility name 60d Mother name

Claims (6)

A sample storage unit for storing a sample, a processing information description unit for storing predetermined processing information of the sample, and a sample management device for managing the sample,
The sample storage means and the processing information description means include a barcode in which sample information including time information related to a predetermined process of the sample is encoded,
The sample management apparatus includes sample information input means for inputting the sample information;
Label printing means for printing a label including the barcode;
A sample management system comprising label information reading means for reading the barcode of the label. 2. The sample management system according to claim 1, wherein the label information reading unit reads the barcode of the label attached to a storage unit that stores the processing information description unit. The specimen management system according to claim 1, wherein the barcode is a two-dimensional barcode. A label in which sample information including time information related to a predetermined process of the sample is displayed in a two-dimensional barcode is provided in a sample storage unit in which the sample is stored and a processing information description unit in which the predetermined processing information of the sample is described A sample management method comprising: pasting and managing the sample information by the two-dimensional barcode. An encoding step for encoding specimen information including time information related to a predetermined processing of the specimen into a code of a two-dimensional barcode; a printing step for printing a label including the two-dimensional barcode; A sample management program that causes a computer to execute a reading step of reading information. A storage medium storing the sample management program according to claim 5.

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